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What Happened on May 19th This Day in History

Year	Name
2018	The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is held at St George's Chapel, Windsor, with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion.
2016	EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while traveling from Paris to Cairo, killing all on board.
2015	The Refugio oil spill deposited 142,800 U.S. gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude oil onto an area in California considered one of the most biologically diverse coastlines of the west coast.
2012	Three gas cylinder bombs explode in front of a vocational school in the Italian city of Brindisi, killing one person and injuring five others.
2012	A car bomb explodes near a military complex in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, killing nine people.
2010	The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders.
2007	President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension.
2000	Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-101 to resupply the International Space Station.
1997	The Sierra Gorda biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, is established as a result of grassroots efforts.
1996	Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on mission STS-77.
1993	SAM Colombia Flight 501 crashes on approach to José María Córdova International Airport in Medellín, Colombia, killing 132.
1991	Croatians vote for independence in a referendum.
1986	The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
1971	Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.
1963	The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail.
1962	A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday".
1961	Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data).
1961	At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the Bengali Language Movement.
1959	The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
1950	A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city.
1950	Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce.
1945	Syrian demonstrators in Damascus are fired upon by French troops injuring twelve, leading to the Levant Crisis.
1942	World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor.
1934	Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
1933	Finnish cavalry general C. G. E. Mannerheim was appointed the field marshal.
1922	The Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union is established.
1921	The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
1919	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
1917	The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
1911	Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
1900	Great Britain annexes Tonga Island.
1900	Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
1883	Buffalo Bill's 1st Buffalo Bill's Wild West opens in Omaha, Nebraska.
1848	Mexican–American War: Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for US$15 million.
1845	Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.
1828	U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States.
1802	Napoleon Bonaparte founds the Legion of Honour.
1780	New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
1776	American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
1749	King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
1743	Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigrade temperature scale.
1655	The Invasion of Jamaica begins during the Anglo-Spanish War.
1649	An Act of Parliament declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic for the next eleven years.
1643	Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.
1542	The Prome Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in present-day Myanmar.
1536	Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
1535	French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons (whom Cartier had kidnapped during his first voyage).
1499	Catherine of Aragon is married by proxy to Arthur, Prince of Wales. Catherine is 13 and Arthur is 12.
1445	John II of Castile defeats the Infantes of Aragon at the First Battle of Olmedo.
1051	Henry I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev.
715	Pope Gregory II is elected.
639	Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace.

Famous People Born on May 19

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Year	Name
1966	Marc Bureau, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1932	Elena Poniatowska, Mexican intellectual and journalist
1956	Oliver Letwin, English philosopher and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1881	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (official birthday), Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (d. 1938)
1979	Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer
1965	Maile Flanagan, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1878	Alfred Laliberté, Canadian sculptor and painter (d. 1953)
1961	Vadim Cojocaru, Moldovan politician (d. 2021)
1942	Robert Kilroy-Silk, English television host and politician
1952	Charlie Spedding, English runner

Famous People Deaths On May 19

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on May 19. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
2017	Nawshirwan Mustafa, General coordinator of the Movement for Change (Gorran) (b. 1944)
2001	Alexey Maresyev, Russian soldier and pilot (b. 1916)
1998	Sōsuke Uno, Japanese soldier and politician, 75th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1922)
1798	William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1722)
2002	John Gorton, Australian lieutenant and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1911)
1983	Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (b. 1902)
1939	Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish journalist and publicist (b. 1869)
1531	Jan Łaski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (b. 1456)
1895	José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1853)
2004	Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress and screenwriter (b. 1907)